Atlantic 10 Championship Central
2026 Betterment Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Championship Bracket
BRONX, N.Y. – Picked to finish 14th in the Atlantic 10 men's basketball preseason poll, the 2025-26 Fordham men's basketball program proved the naysayers wrong, closing out the regular season with a 61-49 win over the University of Rhode Island to claim the eight-seed at the 2026 Betterment Atlantic 10 Championships to be held from March 11-15 at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh.
Fordham finished the regular season in head coach
Mike Magpayo's first year at the helm with a 17-14 overall record, 8-10 in the Atlantic 10, to earn the eight seed. They will face ninth-seeded George Washington University in a second round game on Thursday, March 12, at 11:30 a.m.
The Rams will be led into the championship by grad student guard
Dejour Reaves, who leads the Atlantic 10 in scoring, averaging 17.7 ppg, 18.7 ppg in A-10 play. Junior forward
Rikus Schulte, who played for Magpayo at UC Riverside last year, is having a solid first year at Fordham, averaging 10.9 ppg and 9.1 rpg with nine double-doubles this season. He is second in the Atlantic 10 in rebounding and double-doubles. Senior guard
Christian Henry leads the conference with 153 assists (5.3/game), the eighth most in a season for a Ram in school history.
It will be the seventh meeting between Fordham and George Washington at the Atlantic 10 Championship with the Revolutionaries leading the series, 4-2, including a win last year in the second round.
